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Corporations are many. Government is one. Corporations don't have police force or armies because they would be paying for them out of their own pocket. Instead,

by snitko 13y ago

Corporations are many. Government is one. Corporations don't have police force or armies because they would be paying for them out of their own pocket. Instead, they lobby the government to use violence/regulation/wars where it is required for profits, and then taxpayers pay for it. So, what you really want, is remove opportunities for corporations to use free money. Then everything they do, they'd have to pay for out of their own pocket. And that would be a game changer.

pron 13y ago
The thing is, large corporations aren't many; they aren't one either, but they're a few. The number of powerful conglomerates in the US is comparable to the number of states (maybe double). There's plenty of power for each, and without a strong central government, those corporations will merge to form fewer, more powerful ones. This isn't hypothetical. This was the situation in the US about 100 years ago when the robber barons ruled the country. And by the way, some of them did pay for their own police force (the Pinkertons) to fight the unions.